Estimation quiz!
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08-02-2020, 05:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2020 05:04 PM by Maximilian Hohmann.)
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RE: Estimation quiz!
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(08-02-2020 04:02 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote: I'd estimate about 23, give or take a Moon. 23 is always a good answer :-) But this one really got me interested and surprisingly (using finite time for my google search) I only found one paper online with an equation for this problem: Nelson M- Blachman: The Closest Packing of Equal Spheres in a Larger Sphere (1963). It can be freely accessed from here (registration required): https://www.jstor.org/stable/2312064?rea...b_contents If I entered the numbers correctly, there is place for just 11.8 moond (or 11 full moons) insdide our earth. Regards Max |
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